The unnamed tropical storm of 1947
Oct 5, 1947 to Oct 9, 1947Peak 58 mph
The unnamed tropical storm of 1947 passed within 50 miles of 28 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Camden County, GA, as a tropical storm on October 7, 1947.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed storm · 1947
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 58 mph, 50 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 28
- FL, GA
- Counties within 100 miles
- 41
- FL, GA, SC
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Charlton County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 1.0 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 3.1 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 3.3 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 4.4 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 4.7 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 7.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 13.9 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 15.4 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 16.1 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 18.9 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 19.4 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 21.6 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 24.8 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 26.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Johns County | FL | 31.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 32.4 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 34.4 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 39.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 39.4 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | FL | 43.4 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 48.3 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | FL | 49.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bradford County | FL | 51.0 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 55.7 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | FL | 62.2 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 62.6 | Tropical storm |
| Flagler County | FL | 63.6 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 66.4 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 67.1 | Tropical storm |
| Volusia County | FL | 77.1 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | FL | 89.1 | Tropical storm |
| Effingham County | GA | 89.4 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 92.3 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 95.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lake County | FL | 99.8 | Tropical storm |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.